Sensei Kanazawa Course, 18/11/07

From zenkutsu dachi: First, no hands open and close hips: Using a book Sensei Kanazawa showed that the hips pivot not about the centre but about the edge, i.e. the hips hinge around the front leg like a door opening and closing. This so power is projected forwards and there is no backwards movement.

In zenkutsu dachi practised opening and closing hips using one hand on the hip; to push the hips closed or to hold the hinge in place. Repeated punching exercise, as choku zuki, in zenkutsu dachi with same half way hands position: it is important that the hips do not move before the halfway position and only open/close once the half way position has been passed

Hangetsu:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebJlhR6Tns Before each move take a short rapid breathe in then exhale over about 2 seconds. Before moving into next stance straighten feet in direction of travel. Move 7: breathe in; move 8/9 breathe out for all of 8 and some of 9 until after hands cross then breathe in; move 10, breathe in during upward hand movement then breathe out on down stroke; move 11, take quick breathe when rotating hand; move 41 should take about 3 seconds(1 second breathe in, 2 seconds breathe out.

Gojushiho sho(dai):Sensei Kanazawa has swopped the order of these two katas to reflect their relative difficulty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggSdKBcMSBQ)